Tag: UNESCO World Heritage

Each July, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee meets to consider new sites to add to its list of the world’s most awe-inspiring places. The sites are carefully vetted based on a strict set of criteria determining their cultural or natural significance and “outstanding universal value” to humanity. Some have been on the UNESCO Tentative List for years, awaiting their turn to shine.
In 2018, the committee added 19 new sites and significantly expanded an older one. Five of these sites are found in MIR’s destinations. Read More

Each year, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee considers a new assortment of sites to add to its list of the world’s most incredible places. These sites are carefully selected based on a strict set of criteria determining their cultural or natural significance and “outstanding universal value” to humanity.
In 2017, the UNESCO committee added 26 new sites to its list, including 10 in MIR’s destinations.
From an ancient caravan city in dazzling Iran to the soaring, dramatic peaks of Western China, these fascinating places span the breadth of the world's geography, diversity, and history.
Learn more about the new UNESCO World Heritage Sites inscribed in 2017. Read More

Every July, UNESCO throws a big conference and decides which of the world’s most amazing places qualify as new World Heritage Sites. The stakes are high, with tourism money flooding in to the new sites, but so are the requirements. Not only do the sites have to have universal cultural or natural significance, but they have to be sufficiently protected from development and encroachment.
In 2016, the UNESCO committee added 21 new sites to its list, including seven in MIR’s destinations.
Here are our picks for three sites to add to your bucket list – two in Iran, and one in Uzbekistan. Read More

Traveler Reviews

The Robb Report, a leading luxury lifestyle publication, is featuring an article on MIR’s ultimate winter adventure by private train, Arctic Explorer: Quest for the Northern Lights, in their Luxury Newswire section. This festive winter journey sends you on an unforgettable chase for the Northern Lights aboard the deluxe Golden Eagle private train, with visits to the grand cultural capital of St. Petersburg, the fantastic Snow Hotel in Kirkenes, Norway, the Arctic port of Murmansk and the UNESCO-listed Golden Ring towns of Vladimir and Suzdal, before ending in magnificent Moscow.Read the full article on the Robb Report website.